Architecture

Explore 968 award-winning designs tagged Architecture on Lifestyle Design.

Designer: Wsp Architects Design Type: Multifunctional Offices Classification: Architecture

Linkong Biomedical Park

Linkong Biomedical Park is a research and production complex for the life science and biotechnology industry in Zhengzhou, China. The park includes an incubation and experiment center, pilot production buildings, large production plants, an exhibition center, a conference and catering center and living facilities. A central landscape belt divides the site into two zones and improves the efficiency of use. The plan is inspired by the double helix of DNA. Floor heights, column spans, structural loads and waste water treatment follow the technical needs of biomedical work.

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Designer: jintao li Design Type: Pavilion Classification: Architecture

Tianmianshang

Tianmianshang is a pavilion located in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. The pavilion stands behind an orange grove and offers a calm place to rest in nature. The design questions the usual distinction between floor, roof and ceiling, and between inside and outside. Undulating floor and roof surfaces form several threshold spaces. Four main walls are joined by two irregularly placed concrete walls and concrete columns, which blur spatial boundaries and add layers to the interior. The roof is a single lightweight steel structure with clean lines.

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Designer: Kei Tamai Design Type: Housing Classification: Architecture

Yokohama Tsuzuki

Yokohama Tsuzuki is a detached house built in a densely populated urban area in Japan. The plan is organized around a central courtyard, kept as large as local regulations allow. All rooms face the courtyard, so the interior reads as one connected space. The sky stays visible from every room, marking the change of seasons indoors. The layout is flexible and can be adapted as family needs change. The site area is 213.98 square meters and the total floor area is 160.02 square meters. The design follows traditional Japanese houses, which brought light and air into daily life.

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Designer: NDA Group Design Type: Headquarters and Creative Offices Classification: Architecture

Citychamp Dartong Plaza

Citychamp Dartong Plaza is an office building designed as a corporate headquarters with creative offices in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China. The building covers 37,350 square metres over five floors and holds a company headquarters, three affiliate offices, retail units and shared spaces. The circular plan is arranged around a large courtyard, recalling traditional Fujian tulou dwellings, while the vertical rhythm of the facades refers to local wooden shipbuilding. Green atriums and cantilevered terraces shelter movement and reduce energy loss.

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Designer: Dr Aleksandar Rudnik Milanovic Design Type: Expo Pavilion Classification: Architecture

Octagon

The octagon, a geometric figure selected by Nikola Tesla for his tower served as the motivation for creating a distinctive pavilion complex. By rebuilding the tower using energy efficient technologies, with a lookout as the focal point of this architectural ensemble featuring eight pavilions within the octagonal extension of the tower, this facility would serve as a future landmark for any global expo complex. The glazed atrium, is supported by columns shaped to represent lightning. Once the Expo event concludes, this complex could evolve into a mixed-use center, guaranteeing its viability.

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Designer: Chun Yen Chen Design Type: Office Building Classification: Architecture

Swancor Innovation Campus

Swancor Innovation Campus is an office building that serves as the operational headquarters and research and development center for Swancor Group. The configuration and distribution of the building volumes establish a harmonious relationship with the surrounding environment. The architecture is designed to coordinate with the natural setting and to remain community friendly. The campus is centered on the concept of a Knowledge Canyon, which promotes exchange and sharing. The project was completed in Nantou County, Taiwan, in March 2024.

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Designer: POTIROPOULOS and PARTNERS Design Type: Office Building Classification: Architecture

Serrated Transparency

The office building is located in Ellinikon with unobstructed sea views. The building outline introduces a trapeze, which expands over the site and addresses the prominent corner. The space is perceived as a field of forces where the delineated space is contested by the striated organization of the facade, navigated by the views towards the sea, the orientation of the sun, resulting in a subtle expression of the complex dynamics between them. The concept investigates the smooth and the striated in a broader field, with the varying degrees of transparency implied by the jagged main facade.

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Designer: Yahya Kashi Design Type: Residential Classification: Architecture

Roof House

The Roof House project, situated on the roof of a car showroom in Kermanshah, challenges conventional beliefs about residential spaces. This project explores alternative ways to transfigure the house concept and shift its understanding from a new perspective. It reinterprets the generic house through three key concepts: Destruction, where external forces deform the house; Explosion, where structural and non-structural elements exaggerate and withdraw from the debris; and Expansion, where objects dominate others by spreading their essence.

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Designer: Shamsudin Kerimov Design Type: Residential Classification: Architecture

House in Repino

House in Repino is a private house located in Repino, Leningrad region, Russia. The house has a total area of 1000 square meters. The villa community set one strong rule: all residences had to follow a Wright-like style. The design takes the rule into account and interprets the style in an original way. The house is integrated into the landscape. Existing trees are preserved as far as possible, and some trees pass through the canopies to create a rhythm and a closer relation between architecture and nature. Stone, wood and metal are the main materials.

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Designer: Aico Ltd Design Type: Multifunctional Classification: Architecture

CIFI Plaza Beijing

CIFI Plaza Beijing is a community shopping center in the core business area of Fangshan District, Beijing. The building is an infill project on a narrow site, measuring 120 by 36.5 by 41.6 meters, with a total construction area of 47788 square meters. The design breaks away from the typical floor by floor layout and adds cross-level public spaces. Outdoor escalators on the east and west sides reach the third and second floors, forming multiple entrance levels. Open House, a space of nearly 1000 square meters and 15 meters high, is placed on the top floor.

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Designer: NSDAt Design Type: Hot Springs Resort Classification: Architecture

Binh Chau Minera

Binh Chau Minera is a hot springs resort set in a forest in Binh Chau, Vietnam. The Guest House is the core facility and is designed as a new forest vessel that is integrated with the existing forest. An artificial ground extends from the ground to the second floor level, so the impression of the forest continues inside the building. At the other entrance, water and plants are arranged like a waterfall on the cut surface of the ground. A column-free atrium of 18 by 18 meters carries a polyhedral steel roof and guides the flow of visitors.

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Designer: Nontawat Charoenchasri Design Type: Residential Classification: Architecture

OB House

OB House features a cubic form that highlights the creativity of its homeowners. The architects developed a unique architectural language by creating a rhythmic balance of solid and void across the elevations, achieving overall harmony. The design embodies minimalism and timelessness, giving the home a distinctive identity. Each space is carefully designed to provide ample natural light, comfort, and privacy, blending visual sophistication with practical functionality.

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